List of YouTube celebrities

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YouTube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence and become Internet phenomena on the basis of their appearance in YouTube videos.

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Notable YouTube celebrities

Some of YouTube's notable celebrities include:

User(s) Notes References
Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager [1]
Amber Lee Ettinger a.k.a. Obama Girl from I Got a Crush... on Obama [2]
Andy McKee [3]
Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox Stars of Smosh, #1 most subscribed comedian on YouTube [4]
Ben Going a.k.a. boh3m3 [5]
Brandon Hardesty a.k.a. ArtieTSMITW [6]
Brooke Brodack a.k.a. Brookers [7]
Bryony Matthewman a.k.a. Paperlilies [8]
Caitlin Hill a.k.a. TheHill88 [9]
Chan Yuet Tung a.k.a. the Bus Uncle [10][11]
Charlie McDonnell a.k.a. charlieissocoollike [12]
Chaz a.k.a. Magicalchazwick [13]
Chiren Boumaaza a.k.a. Athene, "Best Paladin in the World", world record holder for powerleveling in World of Warcraft [14] [15][16]
Chris Crocker Most notable for Leave Britney Alone! [17]
Christine Gambito a.k.a. HappySlip [18]
Cory Williams a.k.a. Mr. Safety from SMP Films, organizer of the "As One" YouTube gathering [19][20][21]
Daxflame [22]
Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols Creators of Ask a Ninja [23]
Emmalina [24]
Esmée Denters a.k.a. esmeedenters [25]
Huang Yi Xin Back Dormitory Boys [26]
Jackson Davis from lonelygirl15 [27]
James Kotecki a.k.a. EmergencyCheese [28]
James Provan a.k.a. GiR2007, creator of Pancakes! [29][30]
James Rolfe a.k.a. the Angry Video Game Nerd [31][32]
Jay Maynard a.k.a. the "Tron guy" [33][34]
Jeong-Hyun Lim a.k.a. Funtwo [35]
Jessica Rose from lonelygirl15 [36]
Joe Bereta and Luke Barats Creators of Barats and Bereta [37]
John and Hank Green of Brotherhood 2.0 [38]
Juan Mann of the Free Hugs Campaign [39]
Kevin Nalty a.k.a. "Nalts" [40]
Lasse Gjertsen a.k.a. Lassegg [41]
Liam Kyle Sullivan Best known for Shoes and Muffins
Lisa Donovan a.k.a. LisaNova and LonesomeRhodes1 [42]
Lital Mizel and Adi Frimerman performers in "Hey!" clip [43]
MadV Video illusionist. Community projects "One World", and "The Humans Project" [44]
Marié Digby a.k.a. mariedigby [45]
Matthew Lush a.k.a. GayGod [46]
Matt Sloan of Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager [1]
Melody Oliveria a.k.a. bowiechick [47]
Mia Rose a.k.a. miaarose [48]
Michael Buckley of What the Buck?! [49]
Noah Kalina Notable for his video Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years [50]
Pat Condell Comedian, antitheist [51]
Paul Robinett a.k.a. renetto [5]
Peter Oakley a.k.a. geriatric1927 [52]
Philip DeFranco a.k.a. sXephil a.k.a. Philip DeFranco [53][54]
Richard Stern a.k.a. rickyste, a.k.a. "Lazydork" [55]
Stevie Ryan a.k.a. littleloca, TheRealParis, Ooolalaa, and stevieryan [56]
Taryn Southern a.k.a 'Hott4Hill', Hillary Clinton campaign video. [57]
Tay Zonday Most notable for Chocolate Rain [58]
Terra Naomi a.k.a. terranaomi [59]
Tom Dickson star of Will It Blend? [60][61]
Tony Huynh a.k.a. thewinekone [62]
VenetianPrincess [63]
William Sledd [64]
Ysabella Brave [65]

Sponsors and partnerships

In addition to fans, some YouTube celebrities have corporate sponsors, who pay for product placement in their clips or production of online ads. Some have quit their day jobs or changed careers to accommodate their YouTube filming schedules. A handful are also official "YouTube Partners," meaning the company cuts them a share of ad revenue. [5] [66] [67][68]

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See also

References

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  13. ^ Daily Herald Student who put his candidate in a song wants autograph, too
  14. ^ ATHENE
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  69. ^ Carney, Brian. "Fact or Fiction? On YouTube We'll Never Know", The Wall Street Journal, 2006-09-08. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. "What does it mean, though, to be a YouTube celebrity? A lot of the charm of YouTube is its amateur nature -- most of the videos seem populated with ordinary people....YouTube is a kind of reality TV without the corporate filter -- at least, that's the idea."